Ephesians 1
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus and are faithful in Christ Jesus.
2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.
4 So he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless before him, in love.
5 He predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, for himself, according to the good pleasure of his will.
6 This was for the praise of the glory of his grace, with which he favored us in the Beloved.
7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of transgressions, according to the riches of his grace.
8 He poured out this grace on us, with all wisdom and understanding.
9 He made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure, which he had purposed in him.
10 This was for the fulfillment, when the times had reached their fullness, of the plan to gather all things in Christ, the things in heaven and the things on earth, in him.
11 In him we also received an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of the one who accomplishes all things according to the decision of his will.
12 This was so that we might be a praise to his glory—we who had hoped beforehand in Christ.
13 In him you too, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed, were sealed in him with the promised Holy Spirit.
14 He is the guarantee of our inheritance, until the redemption of his possession, for the praise of his glory.
15 For this reason I too, having heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,
16 do not cease giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.
17 May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him.
18 May the eyes of your heart be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of his calling, the riches of the glory of his inheritance among the saints,
19 and the surpassing greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of the might of his strength.
20 He exercised this strength in Christ, raising him from the dead and seating him at his right hand in the heavenly realms,
21 far above every principality, authority, power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the age to come.
22 And he placed all things under his feet and appointed him as head over all things for the church.
23 She is his body, the fullness of the one who fills all things in every way.
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